Vocabulary Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Improvement.

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Amelioration

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Injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage.

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Detriment

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Lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking.

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Folly

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Ignorant, stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop.

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Ignoramus

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Something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle

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Impediment

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Disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic.

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Indolent

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Not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory

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Invalid

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8
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Not producing, or tending to produce, cancer

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Noncarcinogenic

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Unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted.

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Parsimonious

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10
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Destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level

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Raze

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Inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved

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Reticent

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12
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Answer; reply sharply or angrily

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Retort

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Quick, witty, or sharp reply, answer

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Retort

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Overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine

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Subvert

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15
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Obedience

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Tractability

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16
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Worthy of contempt; contemptible.

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Despicable

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17
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Overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious

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Ebullient

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18
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Arouse by words; advise strongly; urge

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Exhort

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Excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety.

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Compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay.

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Reading; study

22
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Thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject

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Moderately warm; lukewarm

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Decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink

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In conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable.
Abhorrent
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Gentle warning; friendly reproof
Admonition
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Extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia; heavenly.
Ambrosial
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Explosion
Detonation
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Lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; transient.
Ephemeral
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Easily deceived or cheated; credulous
Gullible
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State of being deeply engrossed; absorption
Immersion
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Slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault | Interval
Lapse
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Cease being in force; become invalid
Lapse
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Critical injury into suspected illegal activity; investigation
Probe
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Food for one occasion of eating; meal
Repast
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Unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly
Unwittingly
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Relieve from an accusation; pronounce not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate. Perform ones part; conduct oneself.
Acquit
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Give, transfer, or delver, as if by signing over, hand over, commit.
Consign
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Shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah
Effrontery
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Irritating; causing annoyance or vexation
Nettlesome
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Extraordinary in amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge; colossal
Prodigious
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Remaining after a part is used or taken
Residual
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Favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious.
Salutary
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Force out of use; displace; supplant; replace
Supersede
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Bulkiness
Unwieldiness